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UNITED STATES PATENT orricil.

- FRED W. SMITH, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN RECORDING (0M- PANY, A CORPORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

TICKET PRINTING AND vnmmve MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

- Patented May 25, 1909.

Application filed February 6, 1906. Serial No. 299,712.

To all whom it may come-m: Be it known that I, FRED TV. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and f State of Missouri, have invented certain new 5 and useful Improvements in Ticket Printing 3 and Vending Machines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My present invention relates to a ticket printin and vending machine, and more articu arly to a machine for vending accient insurance )olicies, in which a web hearing a number 0 printed policy blanks is carried on a drum; mechanism being provided for unwinding the web and carrying it through rinting and cutt devices, where it is date and properly cut efore being delivered to the purchaser. The machine is preferably coin-controlled but it is apparent that the improvements according to my invention may be employed in any type of printing and vending machine. The object of my invention is to provide a device of the simplest structure ossible to accom lish the results mentione this object being thought to be accomplished by the improved structure and combination of parts which will presently be fully described and pointed out in the claims, reference being ad to the accom anying drawings forming part of this spec cation, in which like reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a general view of the case covering the working parts of my machine. 2 is a top plan view of the machine, a portion of the case being removed. Fig. 3 is a view in front elevation of the working arts of the machine, the case bein remove Fig. 4 is a similar view in rear e evation. Fi 5 is a viewin elevation taken from the rig t hand Referring more in detail to the parts.1 represents the base upon which the machine {cover for the parts is a case 2 preferably of 4 is {metal casing front of case 2, having a clock face 5, and provided with a slot 6" tion of the machine, and 3 is the delivery cup into which imperfect coins are delivered after passing through the coin chute, to be returned to the operator.

7 is 3. till in casing 4 which receives the perfect coins and policy stubs.

8 represents the frame in which the main machine is mounted and in which the driving shaft 9 is journaled. The driving shaft 9 is provided with a sleeve 29 which is loosely mounted on the shaft and which is coupled thereto upon the insertion of a coin in the slot 3 to permit the machine to be 0 erated upon rotation of the crank 10 secure to the outer end of the driving shaft.

Journaled between arms 67 on the top of frame 8, is a shaft 68 carrying a carrier drum 69 on which is wound the'printed web 70. The web is perforated as indicated in l igs. 3 and 4 and the portion of the web on one side of the perforations represents the policy which the purchaser retains, while the portion on the other side is the stub which is torn off and turned into the till through slot 6. The web 7 0 is extended downwardly from the carrier drum 69 to contact with a forwarding drum 71 rigidly mounted on a shaft 72 journaled in bearings in the sides of frame 8; said drum having a series of studs 73 in its periphery, adapted to enter the perforations in the web 70. After extending partially around and under the drum 71, the web 70 enters and extends through a horizontal conduit formed by the plates 7 l74 and ending in the delivery chute 6. Carried on the plate 7 4 is a guide 71, preferably of spring metal, which extends upwardly around the drum-71 and conforming to the contour of said drum, yieldingly retains the web 70 in contact therewith, said guide being preferably bifurcated, in order to form a passage for the studs 73 on the drum71, and at the same time ress the web against the drums on both si es of the erforations, an upturned edge being provi ed at the free end of and connecting the legs of the guide. Located near the front of the machine beneath the plate 74 is a set oftype wheels 111, and in the plates 74 74[ directly over machine is idle, a policy slip rests over the type wheels; the first action of the machine after the parts are started in operation being the striking of the policy slip against the type wheels by the head 76; the intervening impression ribbon causing arecord to be imprinted on the slip by such action.

The hammer being the first of the mechanism in action, I will first describe its action. Rigidly mounted in the sleeve 29 on the driving shaft, is a miter wheel 77, meshing with a miter wheel 78 revolubly. mounted on a stub axle 79 carried by an arm 80 of the frame 2. On wheel 78 is a flange 81 having spur teeth engaging the spur wheel 82, ri id on the horizontal shaft 83, which is journa ed in arm 80 and in an arm 84 on the forward part of the frame 2. Rigid on the forward end of the shaft 83 is a roller cam 85, having diametrically opposed heads 86-86. Journaled at 88 in the arm 84 is a hammer arm 89, which extends upwardly a short distance and then inwardly to a point above the type wheels and carries the head 76 before mentioned. At the angle of the vertical and horizontal sections of the hammer arm is a piece 90, in which are anchored the inner ends of a series'of horse shoe springs 91 the outer side of said springs extending through slots in a guide block 92, and their outer ends being fixed in sockets in screws 93 which project through frame 8; the tension of the springs being determined by the distance which said screw projects into the frame. On the under side of the hammer arm is a lug 94, which is held in yielding contact with the cam roller 85 by the downward pressure which the springs 91 exert on the hammer arm 89. The cam roller 85 is normally in the position indicated in Fig. 3, with the lug 94 on the summit of one of the cam swells and on the edge of one of the heads. In the drawings the lug 94 is shown located on the edge of the head 86. As soon as the.

sleeve29 on the driving shaft is revolved, the t'riglegear connection between said sleeve an shaft 83 causes the cam roller 85 to be revolved backwardly, the ratio of transmission between the sleeve 29-and the shaft 83 bemg' such that the roller is rotated 180 upon each complete revolution of thesleeve 29. The lug 94 being on the edge ofone 0f the cam heads, for instance the head 86; drops down upon the first movement of the roller, the downward movement of said lug and arm being accelerated by the s rings 91, so that head 76 is struck against tlhe policy slip with sufficient force to cause a record to 'be imprinted on said slip as previously mentioned. As the parts continue to revolve, the hammer arm 89 is raised on the cam swell until it reaches the edge of the head 86 when the sleeve 29 has made a complete revolution, and the hammer is again ready for immediate action upon the next operation. The springs 91 exert sufficient pressure on the arm 89. to hold it in contact with the roller 85, in the position indicated, should loose end of arm 96' is a stub axle 97 carrying a pawl tooth 98, adapted to engage the periphery of the ratchet wheel 95, there being a s ring in the hub of the tooth 98 which. hol s said tooth in constant yielding engagement with said wheel. About midway the arm 96 is pivoted one end of a lever arm 99 .(Fig. 4); the opposite end of which forms a strap 99 surrounding an eccentric 100, rigidly mounted on the sleeve 29 on the driving shaft. The relative position of the eccentric 100 and the cam roller 85 is such that as soon as the hammer head has left its contact with the web, as-described, thefurther rotation of the sleeve 29 will cause the eccentric to move the arm 99 upwardly raising the pawl arm 96 and pushing the pawl tooth 98 upwardly against one of the teeth on the ratchet wheel 95. The wheel being rigid on the shaft 7 2, carrying the forwarding drum 71, carries said shaft around when revolved, as described; said shaft in turn revolving the drum 71. The drum 71 is provided with peripheral studs 73 adapted to fit within the perforations in the web 70, so that as said drum is revolved, the web is drawn down from the carrying drum and forwarded in the machine, the parts being so re lated that at each operation the web is orwai'ded a distance equal to the width of the policy shp; the shp already stamped being carried into the delivery chute and a new sli placed over the type wheel's. After revo ving the ratchet wheel as described, the arms 96 and 99 are retracted by the eccentric to a position for ingagement with a' s'ucceedlng' ratchet toot After the rinted slip has been forwarded into the de very chute, it is still integral with the web; the next operation being the cutting ofi of the slip in order that it ma be delivered to the urchaser. In accomp ing this object, I ave provided the following mechanism.

Joumaled inhearings in brackets supported by the frame 2, is a shaft 102 projecting beyond the plates 74-7at at both front and back. At the forward end of the shaft 102 is rigidly secured the hub 103 of a knife blade 104. Rigidly secured on the rear end of shaft 102 is the hub 1.05 of a crank arm 106. On the free end of the arm 106 is a stud 107 projecting into a cam path 108 in a drum 66 which is rigid on the sleeve 29 on the the stamped policy shp from the printed web.

110 is a coil spring surrounding the shaft 102 and holding the stud 107 yieldingly within the cam path and the knife in its proper position in relation to plate 104. When the parts are properly regulated, the stud 107 is not engaged by the cam swell until the revolution of the driving shaft is almost completed, in order that the cutting operation will not take place until the stamping and forwarding operations have been completed in the manner and for the purpose described.

The operation of the entire machine will readily be understood from the foregoing de scription and is briefly as follows :R otation of the crank 10 and the driving shaft 9 will normally not cause, the machine to be operated as the sleeve 29, which is the common operating member for the three mechanisms, is loosely mounted on; the driving shaft. However, when a coin'is dropped into the slot 3 the sleeve 29 is ir. the known manner cou led to the driving shaft to rotate there wit 1. As thesl'eeve 29 commences to rotate movement is imparted therefrom to the roller cam'85 throughthe medium of the wheels 77, 78, the toothed flange 81, the spur wheel 82 and the shaft 83. The lug 94 011 the hammer arm 89 then drops into the notch in the roller cam and the hammer head 76 strikes against the policy slip to cause an impression to be made on the slip. Durin the further rotation of the cam 85 the swe l of the cam again elevates the hammer arm 89.

During the ascending movement of the hammer head 76 movement is imparted from the sleeve 29 to the forwarding drum 71 through the medium of the eccentric 100, the

lever arm 99, the arm 96, the pawl'tooth 98 and the ratchet wheel 95. The printed web is thereby'forwarded a distance equal to the width of one policy slip When the revolution of the sleeve 29 is almost completed the swell 108' on the drum 66 reaches the stud 107 on the crank arm 106 and carries the stud to the side thereby rocking the arm 106 which in turn revolves the shaft 102 and causes the knife blade 104 to descend to sever the policy slip from the web, whereupon the knife blade is again elevated as the stud 107 passes through the last part of the swell into the. direct part of the groove 108.

When the sleeve 29 has made one complete revolution the coin dro s into the till 7 and the sleeve is uncoupled rom the driving shaft 9. The several parts of the machine are then again in their initial position from which they do not move until another coin is inserted in the machine.

It is a parent that the machine need not necessar' y be coin-controlled. By making the sleeve 29 rigid with the driving shaft 9 each revolution of the crank shaft would cause all the mechanisms to be operated in succession to print, forward and sever a policy slip.

' Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The, combination with a web feeding the same, connection between the shaft and the severing mechanism to'operate the same, and connection between the shaft and the printing mechanism embodying a hammer, means tending to force the hammer to printing position, a rotatable cam normally holding the hammer from printing position, and a gearing between the driving shaft and the cam for rotating the cam to release the hammer.

2. The combination with a web feeding mechanism, of a printing mechanism ar ranged to print on the web, a severing mech anism adapted to sever the'web transversely, a driving shaft, connection between said shaft and the web feeding mechanism to operate the same, connection between the shaft and the severing mechanism to operate the same, and connection between the shaft and the printing mechanism embodying a ham- Iner, a spring tending to force the hammer to printing position, a rotatable cam shaft, a cam on said shaft normally holding the hammer against the action of the spring, and a gearing between the driving shaft and the cam shaft for rotating the cam shaft to release the hammer and permit the hammer to be forced to printing position by the spring.

3. The combination with a web feeding mechanism, of a rinting mechanism arranged to print on t e web, a severing mechanism adapted to sever the web transversely,

% eeepee a driving shaft, ciinnection between the shaft cured to the web feeding mechanism and en- 13 and the severing mechanism to operate the gaging said PaWh same, connection between the shaft and the In testimony whereof l aihx my signature printing mechanism to operate the same, and in presence of two witnesses.

connection between the shaft and the Web i feeding'mechanism embodying an eccentric FRED SMITH on the shaft, a lever ham? a part surround- Witnesses: ing said eccentric, a paw swingingly eon- A. M. MAXWELL,

' eated to said lever, and a ratchet Wheel se- 6. BROWN. 

